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MayLing |
What language do you prefer to watch CTHD? |
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Posts: 12 (05/07/01 17:23:04) member |
personally, i like to watch it in the original mandarin. you can't hear great acting through language dubbing.
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imcool(d) |
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Posts: 917 (05/08/01 03:16:47) member |
Dubbing should be a banned practice. Well, actually that wouldn't be fair to the blind. Then again, most of them probably don't go "watch" movies. Urr! I'm stupid! Nivermind!
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GreenDestinySword |
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Posts: 1644 (05/08/01 08:24:28) member |
An overwhelming 2 out of 2 votes say Mandarin!! Cool!
I would agree with you, MayLing. It's just not the same when dubbing is involved. It takes away the emotion from the scenes and storyline. -GDS Don't Player Hate, ... Congratulate!!
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BlueStorm31 |
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Posts: 2660 (05/08/01 08:39:09) member |
Watching CTHD in Mandarin is better. I may not understand Chinese or Mandarin, but I do know that a person's emotion can be heard through the voice also. I've never been a fan of dubbing, even when I started watching Anime, I still preferred the original language with subtitles rather than seeing a dubbed version.
One other thing too is the fact that somethings are lost when movies are translated and dubbed. Film editors usually try to fit in the words spoken with the movement of the lips of each actor, thus a great amount of dialogue is lost. I know that Ang and company did a great job in translating and dubbing the movie, but somehow, I still feel that CTHD wouldn't be a complete movie if you don't see it in its original form. Of course, in my case, that includes the subtitles. |
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Spike8888 |
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Posts: 1497 (05/08/01 14:49:55) member |
Very good point, u can never tell
characters' true emotion through the dubbing, most of the time they are just awful. They do it such monotone that it hurts my ears! But of course manderin, dont u just love to hear ZZ herself speak!!! P.S: Lucky me, I'm chinese, and I understand manderin. |
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The unknown artist |
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Southern Crane |
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Posts: 2546 (05/10/01 07:58:31) moderator |
I didn't know that the DVD was also dubbed in Catonese. I did hear of Thai though.
I don't have the DVD yet, but besides the languages in the poll what other languages can you watch the CTHD DVD in? |
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Southern Crane |
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Posts: 2546 (05/10/01 08:11:50) moderator |
todarello answers my DVD question in Which DVD versions....
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todarello |
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Posts: 1782 (05/13/01 17:18:05) member |
My "all region" DVD (which is a region 3 with the code ripped off) has 4 subtitles:
ENGLISH CHINESE KOREAN THAI It has 4 audio (over dub) language tracks: ENGLISH MANDARIN THAI CANTONESE todarello |
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todarello |
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Posts: 1782 (05/13/01 17:24:30) member |
You know what I do.....? When I sit and watch the movie, I play it in it's orignal form. However, when I'm drawing, cleaning, or working around the house and cant keep my eyes on the screen but still want to "feel" the movie, I play it in English so I can hear it and understand it while it's playing in the background.
I played that DVD about 30 times...EASY. todarello |
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virgule solidus |
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Posts: 1661 (06/13/01 16:49:38) member |
The original voices of the characters is half the value of the movie. That's because only the original voices can convey the original emotions that the actors intended and what Ang Lee wanted you to hear.
Dubbing ZZ you might as well put a paper bag over her head also........ PHD, Z-ology; Senior Research Fellow, Institute Of Z-philia |
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andym64 |
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Posts: 418 (06/13/01 21:12:24) member |
my friends are in acting and you can tell emotions from their voice.
no matter how well the dubbing's done, you won't be able to put both the facial expression and the voice together... |
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LeeBai |
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Posts: 255 (06/14/01 10:12:24) member |
For those who understand French, I must say that the translators (and dubbing people) did a terrific job.
I like English but French has more layers of expressions (French is, in my as well as in many other opinions, a more poetic language than English). Therefore, the French version of Crouching Tiger is very neat. Still, when watching foreign movies, I prefere the original language with whatever subtitles I can read and understand. The North-American DVD release has the French version and I loved the dialogues in my mother language. |
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BlueStorm31 |
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Posts: 2660 (06/14/01 11:48:52) member |
couldn't help but get suprised but a lot of people that I've been talking to lately seem to like the dubbed version better. i don't particularly know why? All these people keep saying is that the lines were better than with the subtitles. And these aren't people who aren't used to watching movies with subtitles too. I just don't know what to make of it. what do you guys think?
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Flik58 |
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Posts: 7 (06/15/01 19:21:36) member |
definately mandarin. I'm an American kid so I can't understand it but I read the subtitles! And If you get in English you can't hear her beautiful voice! I rented CTHD before I bought it and it was in Mandarin and I loved! I listened to it after I bought it and it's some stupid girl's voice. It just didn't work for me.
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Jaded |
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Posts: 190 (07/03/01 18:54:28) member |
Mandarin. I liked hearing all the original actors' voices.
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tinababy |
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Posts: 2136 (07/08/01 19:39:46) member |
I flip out when people tell me they watched the movie in English. There's something missing when it's not in Mandarin. It adds to the movie.
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Phantom |
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Posts: 152 (08/24/01 18:24:44) |
Mandarin all the way!!! Not only because I am Chinese, but dubbing is just EVIL and totally destroys the character's tone of voice. I hope they never dubb Zi's voice in her movies without including the Mandarin version.
"You call down the thunder and I will reap the whirlwind."
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cara x mella |
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Posts: 60 (08/28/01 14:08:55) member |
I can't listen to it in any other language anyway. I only know english. Yes I am Asian, but the only language I know is pure english, i speak it perfectly. although, i am in my second year of spanish.
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airasia |
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Posts: 69 (09/01/01 18:52:23) member |
ok seriously, who are the idiots that voted for english?
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Alex |
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Posts: 4510 (12/28/01 20:23:01) member |
I only listen in mandarin, because i like the way it sounds coming out of ziyi's mouth, as well as michelle's. Ziyi has a cute voice.
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